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East Kent Learning Alliance
Primary - Joy Lane Primary School (34XF)

QTS full time with salary

Accredited body

Canterbury Christ Church University

Financial support

Salary

Qualification

QTS

QTS (qualified teacher status) allows you to teach in state schools in England.

It may also allow you to teach in the EU, the EEA and Switzerland. You should check with the institution you’d like to teach in for confirmation. The status of QTS in these countries may change after the UK leaves the EU. Please check GOV.UK for updates.

To teach in the rest of the UK or internationally, you may wish to consider a ‘PGCE (or PGDE) with QTS’ qualification instead.

About the course

The key feature of our course is that the majority of the year is spent on school placement working alongside experienced colleagues in schools.

There are two routes to choose from:

School Direct Salaried:

This is an employment-based route for graduates with at least three years’ work experience. Colleagues will earn a salary while they train and the school will pay their QTS fees.

School Direct non -salaried:

This is not an employment route. Trainees will pay their own fees, but may be eligible for a bursary.

Please note which route is available at each school when applying and ensure that you apply for the correct route that is suitable to you as not all schools offer both routes

Key components:

You will have a school based mentor, who you will meet with weekly

You will be provided with a teaching timetable within ITT requirements

You will plan and evaluate all taught lessons, initially with the support of your mentor

You will be formally observed, it is recommended at least once per week

You will observe other staff, it is recommended at least once per week

You will compile a portfolio of evidence over the course of the year to show that you have met the teaching standards to achieve QTS

You will attend all CCCU training days and EKLA professional studies sessions

You will have access to a comprehensive school based CPD programme

You will complete contrasting school experience placements

Assessment:

On completion of the Training programme you will be awarded Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

There is an additional opportunity to complete a PGCE. Please discuss this option at interview and please note that the additional funding will be your responsibility

QTS Pathway

Throughout the course you will be assessed by your mentors and tutors who will grade you at key points to help you understand how well you are meeting the standards for QTS. At the end of the course you will have a final assessment. This will take the form of a review meeting to formally assess whether you have met the standards for QTS.

School Direct PGCE Pathway

In addition to the above QTS assessment process trainees who have opted for the School Direct PGCE Pathway will be required to submit three 4,000 word equivalent assignments, spread across the year, which will be assessed at Masters Level.

Interview process

You will be interviewed by the EKLA school (s) that you name in your application.

Examples of the activities included at interview are:

A tour of the school

Teaching a 30 minute activity

A formal interview (2-3 panel members)

A CCCU Literacy and Numeracy test

In order to be short-listed for interview an applicant must have:

A degree of a minimum award of 2:2, with honours. Your

degree must be completed before commencement of your training

place

A minimum grade C in English and Mathematics. If you

want to teach primary you must also have at least a grade C in a

Science.

Equivalency tests are accepted.

NARIC equivalency certificates are required for any degree or school

qualifications gained outside the United Kingdom

To have passed the government's skills tests in literacy and numeracy

before commencing the course

Personal Qualities that we are looking for:

A commitment to working with young people

Good communication skills

A fascination with the learning process

A love of their subject

The ability to motivate and enthuse young people

Experience of working with young people, particularly in a school

environment, strengthens an application

A desire to make a difference

Please visit our website for more details:

http://www.ekla.org.uk/itt/school-direct-eligibility

How school placements work

Your school will be selected by you at the time of submitting your application as each of our schools and subjects has its own code that you will enter onto the application form.

Whilst you will spend the majority of your time in the base school that you apply to you are required to complete some school placements:

Second school experience – a minimum of 20 days, in a block. To be undertaken in term 3.

Adjacent age range experience – a minimum of 15 days, of which 10 should be undertaken in a block

Prior and post age phase experience – a minimum of 5 days, does not need to be a block.

You school based mentor will help you organise these placements and EKLA and CCCU will also offer support throughout the year

Salary

You will be paid minimum UQ1.

Your QTS fees will be paid

Financial support

Financial support isn’t available for this course because it comes with a salary.

If you choose a course without a salary, you may be eligible for financial support while you study, including bursaries, scholarships and loans.

Requirements

Qualifications

Degree: You must have a degree of a minimum award of 2:2, with honours. Your degree must be completed before commencement of your training place

GCSEs: You must have a minimum grade C in English and Mathematics. If you want to teach primary you must also have at least a grade C in a Science.

Equivalency tests are accepted.

NARIC equivalency certificates are required for any degree or school qualifications gained outside the United Kingdom

To apply for the salaried route you must have at least 3 years full time work experience.

For more details: www.ekla.org.uk/itt/school-direct-eligibility

Personal qualities

EKLA ARE LOOKING FOR GRADUATES WITH:

A commitment to working with young people

Good communication skills

A fascination with the learning process

A love of their subject

The ability to motivate and enthuse young people

Experience of working with young people, particularly in a school environment, strengthens an application

A desire to make a difference

Other requirements

Subject Knowledge Enhancement course – To be completed by all secondary Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science and MFL candidates who do not have a degree in the subject they want to teach

Work experience: Being able to evidence experience of working with young people, particularly in a school environment, strengthens an application. We would therefore recommend that you visit a range of schools. This is not a requirement but a recommendation to help prepare you

CLEARANCE FROM THE CRIMINAL RECORDS BUREAU (CRB)

To have passed the government's skills tests in literacy and numeracy before commencing the course

http://www.ekla.org.uk/itt/school-direct-eligibility

About the training provider

The East Kent Learning Alliance (EKLA) is a partnership of secondary and primary schools that engage with schools and accredited providers to recruit high quality trainees to provide a rich training programme.

EKLA is committed to helping improve the lives of the young people that it serves in East Kent and believes that the recruitment and development of the workforce of the future will help us to achieve this aim.

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